Hiking date: May 21, 2016
Location: Palm Springs, CA
Rate: normal/hard
What a day! Today, we hiked two portions of the Hopalong Cassidy trail. Here they are.
Hike one: The object trail
This portion of the trail wasn't very long, there were a lot of things to see. This part of the trail is one of the very few trails that allow dogs, so there were a lot of dogs. On with the trail!
As we headed up, we passed a shaded picnic area and a sign honoring someone.
Soon after, we reached a cross.
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| The cross |
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| Sign in front of cross |
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| One of the beautiful rock formations |
Then we went back and took another trail for a more strenuous hike. The trail started out steep and led us to a private property sign. Fortunately, the trail led in another direction, but it led us BACK to the cross and we were back to square one.
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| The "Fence Trail" |
So we took another route down, which we hoped would lead to the Hopalong Cassidy Trail.
As we hiked, we passed a big pad that had a picture of a Ying-Yang on it.
We were heading back to the civilization, so we gave up and got in the car.
But It wasn't even 10:00 yet, so we went on a another hike
Hike two: The Bump and Grind loop
This was our second hike of the day. We went to Starbucks to go to the bathroom and we were off. It started off on a trail going the opposite way of the Bump and Grind trail, as we went along, I fell down and hurt my knee.
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| Bloody knee, neat |
Then, we came to these steep switchbacks that my mom points out to me all the time.
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| The switchbacks |
Next, we saw these amazing lizards!!
Then, we hiked down the Bump and Grind trail to our car. Then with a cinnamon roll from Starbucks and a stop at Carls Jr. (our new stopping place after a desert hike) the day was done!
